A word about these archives, which are truly magnificent - unlike any other big city newspaper that I've been able to identify, the Trib has digitized all of their past issues, and make them all available free to anyone who cares to seek them out. No accounts, no logins, no subscriptions. It's not only a wonderful research resource, it's just plain fun to read through.
I may have to do this again sometime. Depending on how the unpacking goes, it may be as soon as next week. Speaking of which, I'm sure you'll understand if I dispense with the commentary, other than to note that the times listed for the educational stations are the most precise I've ever seen. Perhaps Mike Doran can fill in the blanks for us.
WBBM, Channel 2 (CBS) | ||
Morning | ||
05:40a | Early Report (color) | |
05:45a | Sunrise Semester | |
06:15a | Farm Report | |
06:30a | Seminar ‘66 | |
07:00a | Morning News | |
07:05a | CBS Morning News with Mike Wallace | |
07:30a | Clown Alley | |
07:55a | Junior Newsroom | |
08:00a | Captain Kangaroo | |
09:00a | I Love Lucy | |
09:30a | The McCoys | |
10:00a | Andy of Mayberry | |
10:30a | Dick Van Dyke | |
11:00a | Love of Life | |
11:30a | Search for Tomorrow | |
11:45a | The Guiding Light | |
Afternoon | ||
12:00p | Noon Report | |
12:15p | Lee Phillip | |
12:30p | As the World Turns | |
01:00p | Password | |
01:30p | House Party (color) | |
02:00p | To Tell the Truth | |
02:30p | The Edge of Night | |
03:00p | The Secret Storm | |
03:30p | Leave it to Beaver | |
04:00p | The Early Show – “The Mysterians” | |
05:30p | CBS Evening News with Walter Cronkite (color) | |
Evening | ||
06:00p | News (Fahey Flynn) | |
06:25p | Standpoint | |
06:30p | Daktari (color) | |
07:30p | Red Skelton (guests Ed Wynn, Donna Loren) (color) | |
08:30p | Petticoat Junction (color) | |
09:00p | CBS Reports – “The Divorce Dilemma” | |
10:00p | News (Fahey Flynn) | |
10:25p | Sports (Johnny Morris) | |
10:30p | The Late Show – Pete Kelly’s Blues” (color) | |
12:25a | Between Shows | |
12:30a | The Late, Late Show – “Above Us the Waves” | |
02:15a | Late Report (color) | |
WMAQ, Channel 5 (NBC) | ||
Morning | ||
05:45a | Town and Farm (color) | |
06:00a | The Heroic Years (color) | |
06:30a | Today in Chicago (color) | |
07:00a | Today (color) | |
09:00a | I Guess (color) | |
09:30a | Concentration | |
10:00a | Morning Star (color) | |
10:30a | Paradise Bay (color) | |
11:00a | Jeopardy (color) | |
11:30a | Post Office (color) | |
Afternoon | ||
12:00p | P.D.Q. (color) | |
12:30p | Let’s Make a Deal (color) | |
01:00p | Days of Our Lives (color) | |
01:30p | The Doctors | |
02:00p | Another World | |
02:30p | You Don’t Say! (color) | |
03:00p | The Match Game (color) | |
03:30p | The Letter Game (color) | |
04:00p | Lloyd Thaxton (color) | |
05:00p | Chicago Report | |
Evening | ||
06:00p | The Huntley-Brinkley Report (color) | |
06:30p | My Mother, the Car (color) | |
07:00p | Please Don’t Eat the Daisies (color) | |
07:30p | Dr. Kildare (color) | |
08:00p | Tuesday Night at the Movies – “Forever Female” | |
10:00p | Night Report (color) | |
10:30p | The Tonight Show Starring Johnny Carson (color) | |
12:00a | Merv Griffin | |
WBKB, Channel 7 (ABC) | ||
Morning | ||
06:25a | Reflections | |
06:30a | The Arts | |
07:00a | The New Three Stooges | |
08:00a | Jim Conway | |
09:30a | Gypsy Rose Lee | |
10:00a | Supermarket Sweep | |
10:30a | The Dating Game | |
11:00a | Donna Reed | |
11:30a | Father Knows Best | |
Afternoon | ||
12:00p | Ben Casey | |
01:00p | The Nurses | |
01:30p | A Time for Us | |
02:00p | General Hospital | |
02:30p | Young Marrieds | |
03:00p | Never Too Young | |
03:30p | Where the Action Is | |
04:00p | The Big Show – “I Was a Teenage Frankenstein” | |
05:30p | News (Glen Hanson) | |
05:45p | Peter Jennings with the News | |
Evening | ||
06:00p | Passage to Adventure (color) | |
06:30p | Combat! | |
07:30p | McHale’s Navy | |
08:00p | F-Troop | |
08:30p | Peyton Place | |
09:00p | ABC News Special – “Anatomy of Pop: The Music Explosion” | |
10:00p | News (Joe Templeton) | |
10:25p | Tuesday Night Movie – “Musketeers and the Sea” | |
12:40a | News (local) | |
12:45a | Sam Benedict | |
01:45a | News (local) | |
WGN, Channel 9 (Ind.) | ||
Morning | ||
06:45a | News (local) | |
07:00a | Top o’ the Morn (color) | |
07:30a | Rayner and Friends (color) | |
08:15a | The King and Odie (color) | |
08:30a | Treetop House (color) | |
09:00a | Romper Room (color) | |
09:30a | Exercise with Gloria (color) | |
10:00a | Girl Talk | |
10:30a | Loretta Young | |
11:00a | Divorce Court | |
Afternoon | ||
12:00p | Bozo’s Circus (color) | |
01:00p | Mike Douglas | |
02:30p | M Squad | |
03:00p | Sea Hunt | |
03:30p | The Three Stooges | |
04:00p | Dick Tracy (color) | |
04:30p | The Mickey Mouse Club (color) | |
05:00p | Garfield Goose (color) | |
05:45p | News (local) (color) | |
05:55p | Sports (local) (color) | |
Evening | ||
06:00p | Yogi Bear (color) | |
06:30p | Cartoon Cut-Ups (color) | |
07:00p | McKeever and the Colonel | |
07:30p | Dobie Gillis | |
08:00p | Step This Way | |
08:30p | The Twilight Zone | |
09:00p | The Saint | |
10:00p | News (Park-Ruddle) (color) | |
10:15p | WGN-TV Presents – “The Barbarian and the Geisha” (color) | |
12:20a | News (Carl Greyson) | |
12:40a | M Squad | |
01:10a | San Francisco Beat | |
WTTW, Channel 11 (Educ.) | ||
Morning | ||
09:15a | Your State Today | |
09:39a | Science | |
10:03a | Parlons Francais | |
10:40a | Quest for the Best | |
Afternoon | ||
12:50p | Your State Today | |
01:14p | Science Land | |
01:40p | Spanish | |
02:02p | Literature | |
02:21p | Exploring Nature | |
04:30p | Folk Guitar | |
05:00p | What’s New? | |
05:30p | Children’s Fair | |
Evening | ||
06:45p | TV College (Oral Interpretation) | |
07:15p | TV College (American History) | |
08:00p | Foreign Review | |
08:30p | The French Chef | |
09:00p | You and Your Career | |
09:30p | Medically Speaking | |
10:00p | Insight | |
10:30p | TV College | |
WXXW, Channel 20 (Educ.) | ||
Morning | ||
09:00a | Spanish | |
09:39a | Music | |
10:03a | Arithmetic | |
10:40a | Science | |
11:05a | Law and the Nurses | |
Afternoon | ||
12:30p | Franklin to Frost | |
01:21p | Parlons Francais | |
01:40p | Science | |
02:02p | Parlons Francais | |
02:21p | Science | |
WCJU, Channel 26 (Ind.) | ||
Afternoon | ||
04:00p | Western Adventure | |
05:00p | Our Miss Brooks | |
05:30p | December Bride | |
Evening | ||
06:00p | News; Spanish Serial | |
06:30p | Noticias | |
06:35p | Sulver Screen | |
08:00p | The Buccaneers | |
08:30p | Cross-Current | |
09:00p | Wire Service | |
10:00p | Star Performance | |
10:30p | Mr. Adams and Eve | |
WFLD, Channel 32 (Ind.) | ||
Afternoon | ||
04:00p | Kaleidoscope (color) | |
04:30p | Great Art (color) | |
04:45p | Kaleidoscope (color) | |
05:30p | Great Art (color) | |
05:45p | Kaleidoscope (color) | |
Evening | ||
06:00p | Newscope | |
06:30p | Scarlett Hill | |
07:00p | College Basketball – St. John’s vs. Notre Dame | |
08:45p | Newscope | |
09:00p | George Pierrot Presents (color) | |
10:30p | Journey of a Lifetime (color) | |
11:00p | Newscope | |